Mike thinks through the amount of gambling we are forced into, and contributing producer Melissa Locker tells us the story of a very special 90’s online newsletter. Also: Book reviews!
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Posting In The Age of Chance
Trapped - the secret ways social media is built to be addictive (and what you can do to fight back)Everything in America is Gambling Now - Adam Conover
Tiny Subversions (2014) - Darius Kazemi
Tiny Subversions (2024) - Darius Kazemi
The Online Gambling Epidemic - Drew Gooden
You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information - Hank Green
https://oasisinet.com/And After All - Melissa’s book on Oasis
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Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. This episode's contributing producer was Melissa Locker. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta.
Look,
this is not the West, this is
the 21st Century but still as desolate
cottonwood pollen blowing through
abandoned mansions, the ball-bearing factory,
strikers with their flapjack placards
waving at a glance of traffic
At the discount cinema, gunfighters name
a young Cherokee guide “Look”
because of the way she stares, because
of the way they look at her. And everyone
keeps their eyes on the horizon,
Look, you’ve won a set of false teeth.
Excerpt of Look by Sarah Messer
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